Portable hitching-post.



E. C. LEMERAND. PORTABLE HITGHING POST.

APPLICATION FILED JUNI: 19, 190s.

906,488. Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

Y; QWGM A hm* 2% f EDMUND C. LEMERAND, OF MONROE, MICHIGAN.

PORTABLE HITCHING-POST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 19, 1908.

Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

Serial No. 439,438.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMUND C. LEMER- AND, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Monroe, in the county ot Monroe and State ofMichigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in PortableHitching- Pests, of which Ythe following is a specification.

This invention is an improved portable hitching post which is adapted tobe readily secured to the ground and removed therefrom and which when inuse is so 'firmly anchored that a horse attached to the post can notdislodge the post, and the said invention consists in the construction,combination and arrangement elE devices hereinafter described andclaimed.

ln the accompanying drawings, .Figure 1. is

partly an elevation and partly a vertical sectional view of a hitchingpost constructed in accordance with my invention, showing the samesecured in the ground. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same at rightangles to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal transverse sectional view or'the same.

In the construction of my improved portable hitching post, l provide atubular body 1, to the upper end of which is secured ahead 2, which headhas a transverse opening through which a handle 3 extends, said handlebeing greater in length than said head so that the ends of the handleproject beyond the ends of the head and are adapted to be grasped 'forthe purpose ot enabling the hitching post to be secured to the ground orremoved therefrom. The lower end of said tubular body is exteriorlyscrew threaded, as at 4, to enable a bit 5 to be secured thereto, thesaid bit constituting a screw 6 to enter and become embedded in theground and an interiorly threaded socket 7 which may be screwed orunscrewed from the lower end o' the tubular body 1. Said tubular body is'further provided at its upper end on opposite sides with vertical slots8 ot suitable length. A clip or bail, 9, is pivotally connected to thecenter' of the head 2, as at 10, and serves -for the attachment of thehitching stra or chain.

It wi be understood that by turning the device in one direction by meansof the handles 3 the screw bit may be caused to enter the ground to anydesired depth to secure the hitching post thereto.

lVithin the tubular body 1 is a longitudinally movable member 11provided at its u per end with a head 12 through which extends a handlebar 13. Said head and hence also said handle bar extends through andoperates in the slots 8. To the lower end of said longitudinally movablemember 11 are attached the upper ends of a pair ol' curved anchoringbits 14 which are preferably made of spring bar steel but may be made ofany other suitable resilient material and the said anchoring bits extendthrough openings 15 near the lower end of the tubular body 1 and onopposite sides of said body and immediately above the socket piece 7 ofthe screw uit.

In operation, prior to screwing the screw bit into the ground, themember 11 must be moved upwardly so as to retract the anchoring bits141. After having screwed the screw bit in the ground a su'i'licientdepth, the person using the hitching post then by means of the handlebar 13 forces the member 11 downwardly, causing the anchoring bits 14which bear on the upper side oi' the socket piece 7 to be forcedoutwardly and downwardly into the soil, as clearly indicated in Fig. 1,so as to firmly anchor the post in the ground and coact with the screwbit in preventing the hitching post from being pulled up by the animal.ln order to release the hitching post, it is only necessary to rst movethe member 11 upwardly so as to retract the anchoring bits, and to thenunscrew the screw bit from the soil.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is A ortable hitching post comprising atutubulin' body having openings near its lower end, slots near its upperend, a bit at its lower end to enter the ground and a head at its upperend to enable said tubular body to be turned, in combination with amember movable longitudinally in said tubular body having a handle inits upper end operating in the slots of said tubular body, saidlongitudinally movable member being further Erovided at its lower endwith anchoring nftestimony whereof I ailix my signature= its, said bitsextending through the openin presence of two witnesses.

inUs near the lower end of said tubular body aid adapted to be forcedoutwardly by the EDMUND C LEMERAND" downward movement of said'downwardly Witnesses: movable member into the soil below thesur'- E. R.GILDAY, face thereof. GEORGE STONE.V

